Streamside buffers could help efforts to save Washington orcas

The Puget Soundkeeper Alliance announced their efforts to teach people about the importance of streamside buffers and their impact on salmon ...

Orca health starts at your streamside property

While improving water quality and habitat in a stream does not guarantee that salmon will return, it makes a big difference in increasing the ...

Several wildlife groups propose 'lethal' removal of sea lions preying ...

RELATED: Streamside buffers could help efforts to save Washington orcas. The recovery of sea lions since the passage of the Marine Mammal ...

United to save salmon and orcas | The Seattle Times

Our efforts focus on protecting stream-side habitat through uniform science-based requirements across the region. That means creating healthy ...

U.S. conservation group proposes buffer zone to protect orcas - CBC

A Washington State organization has filed a federal petition that would create a safe foraging zone along San Juan Island to help recovery ...

NFWF Announces $1.8 Million in Grants from the Killer Whale ...

Most notably, the projects could increase availability of Chinook salmon, which is a significant prey resource of endangered Southern Resident ...

Killer Whale Conservation Program 2025 Request for Proposals

Restore the food chain: Projects under this priority will seek to increase Chinook salmon populations to the size and numbers that can support SRKW nutritional ...

Targeted Riparian Buffer Incentives Pilot Project Summary Report

limitations to the success of the statewide riparian restoration effort in Washington: ... This initial success illustrates how the VSP can assist ...

Lawmakers Vote to Keep Boaters 1,000 Yards From Southern ...

Lawmakers voted to require all boaters to stay a minimum of 1,000 yards away from endangered southern resident orcas in Washington waters.

Puget Sound Logging & Farming Impacts

The single most important step to preventing polluted runoff from these activities is maintaining a streamside buffer of trees and plants. Such forested ...

Effectiveness of State Programs on Riparian Habitat Protection and ...

development of riparian buffers that help protect and enhance riparian habitat. ... New efforts to improve compliance should inform SMP ...

Riparian Services - King Conservation District

KCD offers aquatic area enhancement services to help livestock and agricultural landowners protect and improve the health of streams, rivers, wetlands, lakes ...

Category Archives - Save Riparian Habitat

Riparian, or streamside, habitat is essential to both our region's salmon recovery efforts and climate change resiliency.

New Puget Sound Action Agenda will include revised 'targets' to ...

Those established more than a decade ago were a mix of two types of goals: those related to ecosystem condition — such as the number orcas ...

New legislation creates 1,000-yard mandatory vessel buffer around ...

The expanded buffer requirement goes into effect January 2025. Senate Bill 5371, now signed into law, followed a Washington Department of Fish ...

Skagit County proposes raising taxes to save salmon | Northwest ...

... preserve land along the river and streams and boost salmon survival, but it might even help endangered orcas. The Skagit Valley Herald (subscription ...

Why streamside buffers are voluntary for farms in Washington State

In short, GMA does not provide a remedy from ongoing agricultural activities that result in failure to meet state water quality standards and ...

Stillaguamish Big Buffers - Snohomish Conservation District

Not only are we establishing riparian buffers in areas where water temperatures are too high, we're also working to prevent warming in the future by planting ...

Streamside Buffers - Bay Backpack

In addition to providing habitat for a variety of wildlife, their location next to the water can help protect the stream habitat as well. These buffers can ...

Saving the Southern Resident Killer Whales - NOAA Fisheries

We monitor the population and learn about the threats to their recovery. These findings inform recovery actions that help reduce the severity of threats so the ...